Originally Posted by
pbarnette
Good for you. The question I have, though, is if one is happy to always pay for the front cabin, then why would they care about FF programs at all? You get the same service and benefits in BF as a first-timer as you would were you Plat, so there is no benefit in worrying about miles if you don't intend to use them for upgrades or awards.
My goal on CO is to maintain Silver only for Y fare -> AU on domestic flights. That is all I need.
Originally Posted by
pbarnette
Also, I'm not sure we don't need a bit more information, regarding your contention. What programs that have more generous upgrade programs do you think are inferior? And what about those biz classes is it that you think is inferior? Is this inferiority reasonably linked to upgrade success? For example, I think BA is at least as good as CO in J, yet they would seem to upgrade many more people. On the flip-side, that I think LX C on an A330 is worse than CO is because the seat is a complete piece of c**p, and not because they upgrade too many people (though I don't know how much they do upgrade).
You're trying to paint a picture that I drew a correlation that I simply did not.